Monthly Archives: June 2011

Another glitch in the system: Could better quality test data have resulted in 15,000 people avoiding Olympic disappointment?

Friday morning, 6am, the race began to apply for the ‘second chance sales’ of Olympic tickets. According to a report in Monday’s Independent, somewhere in the region of 150,000 people applied for 2.3 million tickets. First come, first served. A desperate sprint to the finish line… but was the system ready? How could they be [...]

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Hacked off – why data testing needs to get creative

Ever wondered who is behind the various breaches that have plagued the likes of, oh I don’t know, small outfits that you might not have heard of – Sony, Citibank, Google, Lockheed Martin and the International Monetary Fund? Whilst no one is in the dock just yet, an interesting piece from the BBC provides an [...]

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